The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-08-20

dead bodies Of the excursionists who, twelve
hours before, had left their homes, full OF
pleasurabc expectations o. the enjoyment they
we're going to- have during the vacation which
had begun. t.I
When the news Of the disaster was frst
flashed over the wires prompt aid was at once
sent DR.. Steele, chief surgeon Of the Toledo,
PEORIA and western railroad, had come on ut
once in special train, and with him were two
other surgeons and their assistants. From
Peoria also came Drs. Martin, Baker. Flagocre
and johnson, and from every city whence the
unfortunate cxcursionists had come from their
physicians and friends hurried on to help
them. From PEORIA had also come delegations
Of the Red Men and the Ancient Order OF
United Worlsmen, numbers Of both societies
being on the ill-fated train, md so after s
o'clock in the morning there were plenty OF
people to do the work that needed such prompt
attention.
In the Town Hall was the main hospital, ana
in II anxious relatives and sorrowng friends sat
and tanning gently the sufferers faces. queried
the attending surgeons us they bound up the
wounds, and insisted that there must
be hope. Down in the dcnd-houses fathers
husbands, brothers, sisters, wives and
children tearfully inspected each face rs IL was
uncovered, and sighed rs the features were un
known, or cried out in anguish when the well
known face. sometimes fearfully mnngled, but
yet recognizable, was uncovered The entire
capacity OF the little vllluge was taxed ana
kind d-hearted women drove In from miles TO
give their gentle ministrations to the sufferers.
No sooner had the wreck occurred than q
scene OF robbery commenced. Some band OF
unspcalsablc miscrcants, heartlcss and with
only criminal Instincts, was on hand ana,
like the guerrillas who throng battlefield OF
the night after the conflict and fitch from tne
dead the money which they received for their
meager pay, stealing even the bronze meuais
and robbing the children OF heroes OF the
other worthless emblems OF their fathers
bravery. so lust night did these human hyenas
plunder the dead from this terrible accident
and take even the shoes which covered their
feet. Who these wretches nre is not now
known Whether they were band OF pick
pockets who accompanied the train or some rob-
ber gang who were lurking In the vicinity, can
not be said The horrible suspicion, however,
exists, and there are many who give II credit
that the accident was O deliberately planned
case of train-wrecking; that the bridge was
set on fire by rliscreants who hoped to seize
the opportunity offered; and tho fact that
the bridge was SO far consumed ut the time the
train came along, and the added fact that the
train was an hour and n half late, are pointed
out as evidence OF careful conspiracy. III
seems hardly possible that nun could be so
lost to oil the ordinary feeling which animates
the basest Of the human race; but still men
who will rob dead men, who will steal from
the dying and will plumber the wounded held
down by broken beams OF wrecked car,
wounded whose death by the fire seemed immi-
nent, can do most any thing which is base, and
that is what these fends in human form did
They went into the cars when the fire was burn
ing fercely underneath, and when the poor
wretches who were pinned there begged them
"for Gods sake to help them out" stripped
them OF their watches and jewelry and
searched their pockets for money. When the
dead bodies were laid out in the corn-field these
hyenas turned them over in their search for
valuables, and that the plunder was done by an
organized gang, was proved by the fact that this
morning out in the cOrn-held sixteen purses all
empty were found in one heap. 1t was
ghastly plunderng, and had the plunderers
been caught this afternoon they would surely
have been lynched.
THE DEAD.
CHArswoRTH, ILL. Aug. 11.-Following is
list of the dead SO far rs known:
II. L. Stock. Peoria; Miss Stephens and
father; Mike Regan, Binghampton, N. Y; VIM.
Craig, Cuba, ILL.,; Henry Hicken, Peiin H.;
Noah Havermer, Canton. H.; M. Smith, Mata-
more, ILL.,: George A. Smith, Peoria;
Mrs. Zimmerman, Peoria; Rosa and
Maggie Murphy and mother, Peoria;
Miss Maggie Malvoa, Peoria; Miss Neal, Moss
vile, ILL.,. Emiline Carrithers Evans, ILL.,. Jess
Meek, EurelSa, ILL.,; - Sherman, Brimfeld,
| ILL.,; - McClintocls, engineer, Peoria; Eliza
beth Cross, Washington, ILL.,: Mrs. f. d. Stod-
dard, West Point, Ia; Mrs. Pearl Adams. Peo-
| ria; Pearl French, Peoria; w. II. Potter,
Bushnell. ILL.,; Mrs. ]. M. Clay, Eureka, ILL.,;
]. d. Richards and Mrs. Breeze, Peoria;
W. Gerretson. Peoria; L. F. Adams, Fairbury;
| W. H. Lot, Ellwood; Addie Webster, Peoria;
Mrs. VIM. Allen, Peoria Mr.. w. Vallejo Peoria;
| Mrs. II. b. Mcclure and daughter, Peoria; Mrs.
| Miller Peoria; Mr.. Wright, Peoria: Mrs. James
| Dale, Peoria Mrs. VIM. Ball and daughter,
Peoria; Mr.. +. b. Wymette, Peoria: Mr.. e. God
dell and son and DR.. VIM. Collins, Galesburg Ill; ;
]. S. Kaler, Breed Station, ILL.,. Mr.. John Muir
phy Peoria. Ill; Henry Siegleson, Keokuk, In. ;
Oney Spath, Green Valley, Ill; John A.
Moore, Jacksonville, ILL.,; j. D. McFadden,
Peoria; Captain Ahllse; A. Martin, Blooming
ton; j. A. Green, Breeds Station, and about
| twenty dead at Piper City.
PARTIAL LIST OF WOUNDED
| E. w. Parker and wife, Peoria, wounded In
head and limbs; Mrs Emma Regon and son.
Peoria, slightly injured: John Fry, Peoria leg
broken, back injured; H. L. Ogden, Grayton,
! ILL.,, head and foot injured; Florence Boucher,
Bayerd Ia., arm hurt; Pat Brady, Gilman, ILL.,,
foot and head; Sophia Pauline, Pcora, H.,
head; C. w. Young West Jersey, hands; W..
|
G. Scott, Toloana, ILL.,, ankle; Tho
mans Trimms, Parkeridge, ILL.,. arms and legs;
Theo Godel, Peoria. head and legs; Mrs. Edith
Chellew Glasford, ILL.,, leg broken and ankle
bruised; Mr.. Chellew, Glasford, ILL.,, leg dislo-
Gated; Joe Neal, Mossville head and limbs;
Mrs. Joe Neal, Mossville, arm and leg broken.
Baby killed; Miss Julia Valdejo Peoria, Ill.,, in
ternally; Abbi Edmonds, Discol, ankle; DR.. E.
p. Hazen and wife, Fort Madison. H.,
heads hurt; Miss Emma Y. Ultera, West
Point, Iowa, heads and limbs; Mira.
H. G. Thorne, Risk, Iowa, internally;
| H. H. Bond, Colchester, Ill.,, internally; Mrs.
Thomas Mcvoy, Peoria, internally; Mrs. I. w.
Grant, Peoria, internally; Mary Morries, Peo-
rim bruised; Mr.. Robert S. Zimmerman, Peo-
rio, head and spine; L. F. French, Peoria, hips
and body; Eaton Waters. Peoria, hips and body;
Otto johnson, Burlington, H., legs; Mrs. II. H.
Clark, Riotstown, H., legs; G. w.
| Cress, Washington, ILL.,, head and
chest; j. E. Dechman, Peoria. ankle;
Madge II. Hlrris, Peoria; Arthur McCarty,
Eureka, ILL.,, both eyes gone; David Crawford,
Pitton Ill, head, limbs and hips; A. F. MCGEE,
Laharp, ILL.,, leg and shin; Mrs r. s. Borden,
Tonia ILL.,, foot; VIM. w. Ford, Elmwood Ill.,,
chest and head; Elizabeth Sellers, Laharp,
limbs; Mrs. Lydia Walters, Peoria, nose, jaw
and leg; H. Abraham, Peoria. internally; VIM.
Smith, Peoria, head crushed; Frank
Taylor, McComb, H., internally
John Steer Rushville, ILL.,, leg;
j. w. Stenrns. Green Valley, ILL.,, legs; Adam
Shombergor, Peoria, hip, side and heel; s. L.
Bcls!ey, Deer Creek, H., head and ankle; Pet
ton Cross Washington, ILL.,, legi j. B. Kelley
Reeds, Ill.,, hip, leg broken; Frank Snadicker
l,,nI. T.,,,t al grnIr